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John Isaacs as Hawthorn in Bickerstaff's 'Love in a Village'

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John Isaacs as Hawthorn in Bickerstaff's 'Love in a Village'

by John Kennerley, published by Clement Chapple, after Thomas Clater
stipple engraving, published 1 July 1818
8 1/4 in. x 5 3/8 in. (210 mm x 137 mm)
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D8685

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  • John Isaacs (1791-1839), Actor. Sitter in 7 portraits.

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  • Clement Chapple (active 1814-1831), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 20 portraits.
  • Thomas Clater. Artist or producer associated with 7 portraits.
  • John Kennerley (active 1829), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 7 portraits.

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  • NPG D8686: John Isaacs as Hawthorn in Bickerstaff's 'Love in a Village' (from same plate)
  • NPG D8687: John Isaacs as Hawthorn in Bickerstaff's 'Love in a Village' (from same plate)

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Current affairs

Death of Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, George III's Queen since 1761.
Official enquiry initiated into Queen Caroline's conduct abroad.

Art and science

Mary Shelley anonymously publishes her masterpiece Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus which reflects growing concern about the role of morality in science.
Lord Byron completes his romance Childe Harolde's Pilgrimage, whose gloomy, dissolute hero was probably based on the writer himself.

International

Stamford Raffles acquires authorisation to construct a fort at Singapore marking the beginning of its development as a centre of East-West trade.
Congress of European Alliance at Aix-La-Chapelle. Lord Castlereagh plays a central role in establishing a pan-Europe peace settlement to bring a chastened France back into the world of political respectability.

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